Dawn Erskine
@dawnbirder.bsky.social
Notts birder
Banner pics: lifers twitched by train
Expect dodgy handheld phonescoped clips & (new in) snaps!
Landlocked #PatchBirding
Mostly #LowCarbonBirding whilst I still can 🙏
#UKBirding
#Vegan
Banner pics: lifers twitched by train
Expect dodgy handheld phonescoped clips & (new in) snaps!
Landlocked #PatchBirding
Mostly #LowCarbonBirding whilst I still can 🙏
#UKBirding
#Vegan
Clip of the Spotted Sandpiper at Nostell Priory, West Yorks.
This bird lifted my spirits today.
Great to spot @suzanne11a.bsky.social for the first time in a while too
#LowCarbonBirding
#UKBirding
This bird lifted my spirits today.
Great to spot @suzanne11a.bsky.social for the first time in a while too
#LowCarbonBirding
#UKBirding
November 1, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Clip of the Spotted Sandpiper at Nostell Priory, West Yorks.
This bird lifted my spirits today.
Great to spot @suzanne11a.bsky.social for the first time in a while too
#LowCarbonBirding
#UKBirding
This bird lifted my spirits today.
Great to spot @suzanne11a.bsky.social for the first time in a while too
#LowCarbonBirding
#UKBirding
Enjoyable day in West Yorkshire.
Smart Spotted Sandpiper at Nostell Priory.
Always love noticing cathedrals from bus stops & train stations & searching them for Peregrines ✔️
Nice couple of hours at the Hepworth Gallery too.
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
Smart Spotted Sandpiper at Nostell Priory.
Always love noticing cathedrals from bus stops & train stations & searching them for Peregrines ✔️
Nice couple of hours at the Hepworth Gallery too.
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
November 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Enjoyable day in West Yorkshire.
Smart Spotted Sandpiper at Nostell Priory.
Always love noticing cathedrals from bus stops & train stations & searching them for Peregrines ✔️
Nice couple of hours at the Hepworth Gallery too.
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
Smart Spotted Sandpiper at Nostell Priory.
Always love noticing cathedrals from bus stops & train stations & searching them for Peregrines ✔️
Nice couple of hours at the Hepworth Gallery too.
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
Couple of hours in the rain this afternoon.
Best birds were Jack Snipe & over-wintering Caspian, pictured below with Common Gull.
First 5 Goldeneye of the winter & a small Starling murmuration at dusk.
About to leave & there was rustling in front of the hide. Could it be an otter?
#PatchBirding
Best birds were Jack Snipe & over-wintering Caspian, pictured below with Common Gull.
First 5 Goldeneye of the winter & a small Starling murmuration at dusk.
About to leave & there was rustling in front of the hide. Could it be an otter?
#PatchBirding
October 24, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Couple of hours in the rain this afternoon.
Best birds were Jack Snipe & over-wintering Caspian, pictured below with Common Gull.
First 5 Goldeneye of the winter & a small Starling murmuration at dusk.
About to leave & there was rustling in front of the hide. Could it be an otter?
#PatchBirding
Best birds were Jack Snipe & over-wintering Caspian, pictured below with Common Gull.
First 5 Goldeneye of the winter & a small Starling murmuration at dusk.
About to leave & there was rustling in front of the hide. Could it be an otter?
#PatchBirding
Good to get a clear if brief view of the Rufous-tailed Robin.
Thornwick views of Firecrest & Chiffy were ✅️ Couldn't keep up with Radde's for a year tick but that's Radde's ❎️
Reassurance that small mega rares aren't out of the question. Glad I've invested in better bins 🥂
#LowCarbonBirding
#UKBirding
Thornwick views of Firecrest & Chiffy were ✅️ Couldn't keep up with Radde's for a year tick but that's Radde's ❎️
Reassurance that small mega rares aren't out of the question. Glad I've invested in better bins 🥂
#LowCarbonBirding
#UKBirding
October 23, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Good to get a clear if brief view of the Rufous-tailed Robin.
Thornwick views of Firecrest & Chiffy were ✅️ Couldn't keep up with Radde's for a year tick but that's Radde's ❎️
Reassurance that small mega rares aren't out of the question. Glad I've invested in better bins 🥂
#LowCarbonBirding
#UKBirding
Thornwick views of Firecrest & Chiffy were ✅️ Couldn't keep up with Radde's for a year tick but that's Radde's ❎️
Reassurance that small mega rares aren't out of the question. Glad I've invested in better bins 🥂
#LowCarbonBirding
#UKBirding
Reposted by Dawn Erskine
So this was what all the fuss was about. After 13 hours across 2 days and 7 views (3 prolonged & excellent) I'm finally satisfied, if a touch crumpled! Good to see @dawnbirder.bsky.social - so glad you connected. This superb Rufous-tailed Robin image was captured by Mike Edgcumbe #ukbirding
October 23, 2026 at 6:25 AM
So this was what all the fuss was about. After 13 hours across 2 days and 7 views (3 prolonged & excellent) I'm finally satisfied, if a touch crumpled! Good to see @dawnbirder.bsky.social - so glad you connected. This superb Rufous-tailed Robin image was captured by Mike Edgcumbe #ukbirding
Macular hole in right eye, surgery needed in both, an unexpected diagnosis today.
Stumbling out of the opticians, pupils fully dilated from testing, I decided to stick with the planned #PatchBirding & to train my left as my scope eye.
Caspian Gull, Jack Snipe, Otter & Weasel 🪶
#LowCarbonBirding
Stumbling out of the opticians, pupils fully dilated from testing, I decided to stick with the planned #PatchBirding & to train my left as my scope eye.
Caspian Gull, Jack Snipe, Otter & Weasel 🪶
#LowCarbonBirding
October 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Macular hole in right eye, surgery needed in both, an unexpected diagnosis today.
Stumbling out of the opticians, pupils fully dilated from testing, I decided to stick with the planned #PatchBirding & to train my left as my scope eye.
Caspian Gull, Jack Snipe, Otter & Weasel 🪶
#LowCarbonBirding
Stumbling out of the opticians, pupils fully dilated from testing, I decided to stick with the planned #PatchBirding & to train my left as my scope eye.
Caspian Gull, Jack Snipe, Otter & Weasel 🪶
#LowCarbonBirding
Pectoral Sandpiper today in Isles of #Scilly The last bird enjoyed before hot footing it to #FarewellScillonian111 #UKBirding
A redid post as I forgot to take the background sound off
A redid post as I forgot to take the background sound off
October 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Pectoral Sandpiper today in Isles of #Scilly The last bird enjoyed before hot footing it to #FarewellScillonian111 #UKBirding
A redid post as I forgot to take the background sound off
A redid post as I forgot to take the background sound off
Last couple of birds enjoyed in Isles of #Scilly
Pectoral Sandpiper & Black Redstart making the trip list about 80 species, without trying too hard
#UKBirding
Pectoral Sandpiper & Black Redstart making the trip list about 80 species, without trying too hard
#UKBirding
October 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Last couple of birds enjoyed in Isles of #Scilly
Pectoral Sandpiper & Black Redstart making the trip list about 80 species, without trying too hard
#UKBirding
Pectoral Sandpiper & Black Redstart making the trip list about 80 species, without trying too hard
#UKBirding
Day 3 & 4 in Isles of #Scilly Went back for seconds of lifer Wilson's Snipe once it was confirmed by underwing. From above the impression was of a large Jack Snipe.
Shooters Pool was delightful, much bird activity incl YBW, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcaps & Water rails. Also Jack Snipe & Firecrests 🪶
Shooters Pool was delightful, much bird activity incl YBW, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcaps & Water rails. Also Jack Snipe & Firecrests 🪶
October 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Day 3 & 4 in Isles of #Scilly Went back for seconds of lifer Wilson's Snipe once it was confirmed by underwing. From above the impression was of a large Jack Snipe.
Shooters Pool was delightful, much bird activity incl YBW, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcaps & Water rails. Also Jack Snipe & Firecrests 🪶
Shooters Pool was delightful, much bird activity incl YBW, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcaps & Water rails. Also Jack Snipe & Firecrests 🪶
Day 2 in Isles of #Scilly Cycled down to the Sapphire for a pelagic via RC Starling. At sea: 200 Grey Phalarope, Great Shears, year tick Sooty & Cory's. Euro & a Leach's Petrel. Best moment was being still on the water surrounded by many of the above & dolphins close too. Stormie by Vickie Heaney 🪶
October 7, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Day 2 in Isles of #Scilly Cycled down to the Sapphire for a pelagic via RC Starling. At sea: 200 Grey Phalarope, Great Shears, year tick Sooty & Cory's. Euro & a Leach's Petrel. Best moment was being still on the water surrounded by many of the above & dolphins close too. Stormie by Vickie Heaney 🪶
Great first day in Isles of #Scilly
Scillonian sea watching was fun: close pods of dolphin & porpoise, year tick Stormies & Grey phalaropes.
Headed straight for distant views of lifer, Sora.
Went back for more after picking up hire bikes, my first cycling in 7 years. Both were a blast
#UKBirding
Scillonian sea watching was fun: close pods of dolphin & porpoise, year tick Stormies & Grey phalaropes.
Headed straight for distant views of lifer, Sora.
Went back for more after picking up hire bikes, my first cycling in 7 years. Both were a blast
#UKBirding
October 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Great first day in Isles of #Scilly
Scillonian sea watching was fun: close pods of dolphin & porpoise, year tick Stormies & Grey phalaropes.
Headed straight for distant views of lifer, Sora.
Went back for more after picking up hire bikes, my first cycling in 7 years. Both were a blast
#UKBirding
Scillonian sea watching was fun: close pods of dolphin & porpoise, year tick Stormies & Grey phalaropes.
Headed straight for distant views of lifer, Sora.
Went back for more after picking up hire bikes, my first cycling in 7 years. Both were a blast
#UKBirding
Reposted by Dawn Erskine
Bonaparte's Gulls. The 1st pic was a lifer in 2019. Oare Marshes returning bird in summer plumage. Very grateful that someone pointed it out to me.
Pic 2 & 3 are the same bird on Sept 3rd '26. Got straight on it, affirming learning 🙏
The bottom pic is a county first beaut in May 2021
🪶
Pic 2 & 3 are the same bird on Sept 3rd '26. Got straight on it, affirming learning 🙏
The bottom pic is a county first beaut in May 2021
🪶
September 29, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Bonaparte's Gulls. The 1st pic was a lifer in 2019. Oare Marshes returning bird in summer plumage. Very grateful that someone pointed it out to me.
Pic 2 & 3 are the same bird on Sept 3rd '26. Got straight on it, affirming learning 🙏
The bottom pic is a county first beaut in May 2021
🪶
Pic 2 & 3 are the same bird on Sept 3rd '26. Got straight on it, affirming learning 🙏
The bottom pic is a county first beaut in May 2021
🪶
Reposted by Dawn Erskine
Found 2 Dotterel @flamboroughbird.bsky.social in field just south of motorway hedge @birdguides.bsky.social
September 26, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Found 2 Dotterel @flamboroughbird.bsky.social in field just south of motorway hedge @birdguides.bsky.social
Lapland Bunting just hopped up onto the fence by the bridge at Salthouse, Norfolk at 3.45pm.
Happy birthday, birding 🪶
@birdguides.bsky.social
#UKBirding
Happy birthday, birding 🪶
@birdguides.bsky.social
#UKBirding
September 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Lapland Bunting just hopped up onto the fence by the bridge at Salthouse, Norfolk at 3.45pm.
Happy birthday, birding 🪶
@birdguides.bsky.social
#UKBirding
Happy birthday, birding 🪶
@birdguides.bsky.social
#UKBirding
Reposted by Dawn Erskine
And the Leach’s Petrels kept coming…..phenomenal passage around New Brighton/Leasowe. Up to 30 birds, some over Leasowe beach on low tide.
Also Manx, Sarnies, Med Gull & Merlin.
Picking up the Cheshire Baird’s Sandpiper on way home. Fantastic day!
@mybirding.bsky.social
@dawnbirder.bsky.social
Also Manx, Sarnies, Med Gull & Merlin.
Picking up the Cheshire Baird’s Sandpiper on way home. Fantastic day!
@mybirding.bsky.social
@dawnbirder.bsky.social
September 20, 2026 at 8:38 PM
And the Leach’s Petrels kept coming…..phenomenal passage around New Brighton/Leasowe. Up to 30 birds, some over Leasowe beach on low tide.
Also Manx, Sarnies, Med Gull & Merlin.
Picking up the Cheshire Baird’s Sandpiper on way home. Fantastic day!
@mybirding.bsky.social
@dawnbirder.bsky.social
Also Manx, Sarnies, Med Gull & Merlin.
Picking up the Cheshire Baird’s Sandpiper on way home. Fantastic day!
@mybirding.bsky.social
@dawnbirder.bsky.social
If life gives you westerlies, make your way west 🪶
Afternoon at Leasowe & morning at New Brighton spotting lifer: Leach's Petrels.
Manxie & Swallows too.
A group of juve Herring gulls playing with a ball was fun.
Good to bump into @ochrurosbirder.bsky.social @mybirding.bsky.social
#LowCarbonBirding
Afternoon at Leasowe & morning at New Brighton spotting lifer: Leach's Petrels.
Manxie & Swallows too.
A group of juve Herring gulls playing with a ball was fun.
Good to bump into @ochrurosbirder.bsky.social @mybirding.bsky.social
#LowCarbonBirding
September 20, 2026 at 12:06 PM
If life gives you westerlies, make your way west 🪶
Afternoon at Leasowe & morning at New Brighton spotting lifer: Leach's Petrels.
Manxie & Swallows too.
A group of juve Herring gulls playing with a ball was fun.
Good to bump into @ochrurosbirder.bsky.social @mybirding.bsky.social
#LowCarbonBirding
Afternoon at Leasowe & morning at New Brighton spotting lifer: Leach's Petrels.
Manxie & Swallows too.
A group of juve Herring gulls playing with a ball was fun.
Good to bump into @ochrurosbirder.bsky.social @mybirding.bsky.social
#LowCarbonBirding
Reposted by Dawn Erskine
The decline of Great Skua as an autumn migrant, as seen thru Trektellen data
#ukbirding
#ukbirding
September 19, 2026 at 7:30 AM
The decline of Great Skua as an autumn migrant, as seen thru Trektellen data
#ukbirding
#ukbirding
The stars've aligned & led to a return to #PatchBirding
Start of the week best were Otter, a brief 2w Med Gull & first patch Wigeon whistles of the winter.
We're doing alright for Whinchats this year, clip is from today.
A lovely Willow Warbler, YLG & juvenile Common Gulls too
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
Start of the week best were Otter, a brief 2w Med Gull & first patch Wigeon whistles of the winter.
We're doing alright for Whinchats this year, clip is from today.
A lovely Willow Warbler, YLG & juvenile Common Gulls too
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
September 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The stars've aligned & led to a return to #PatchBirding
Start of the week best were Otter, a brief 2w Med Gull & first patch Wigeon whistles of the winter.
We're doing alright for Whinchats this year, clip is from today.
A lovely Willow Warbler, YLG & juvenile Common Gulls too
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
Start of the week best were Otter, a brief 2w Med Gull & first patch Wigeon whistles of the winter.
We're doing alright for Whinchats this year, clip is from today.
A lovely Willow Warbler, YLG & juvenile Common Gulls too
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
Spurn wasn't likely to be birdy with westerlies, but jamming Western Bonelli's y'day kept me hopeful.
In the end, twas a day of enjoying time with birds & people.
Best was sea watching: vis mig, late Swift, Arctic Skuas, Manxies, Terns, 1st Common Gull of autumn. Grey Plovers, Blackwits & a Sprawk 🪶
In the end, twas a day of enjoying time with birds & people.
Best was sea watching: vis mig, late Swift, Arctic Skuas, Manxies, Terns, 1st Common Gull of autumn. Grey Plovers, Blackwits & a Sprawk 🪶
September 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Spurn wasn't likely to be birdy with westerlies, but jamming Western Bonelli's y'day kept me hopeful.
In the end, twas a day of enjoying time with birds & people.
Best was sea watching: vis mig, late Swift, Arctic Skuas, Manxies, Terns, 1st Common Gull of autumn. Grey Plovers, Blackwits & a Sprawk 🪶
In the end, twas a day of enjoying time with birds & people.
Best was sea watching: vis mig, late Swift, Arctic Skuas, Manxies, Terns, 1st Common Gull of autumn. Grey Plovers, Blackwits & a Sprawk 🪶
Reposted by Dawn Erskine
A sprinkling of quality with Western Bonelli’s Warbler, Barred Warbler, Grey Phalarope, Curlew Sandpiper and Jay while a Brambling was at RSPB Bempton .
Full details here
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/11...
Full details here
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/11...
11th September 2026 - Flamborough Bird Observatory
Light winds throughout which were variable in direction, sunny intervals with increasing cloud and a best of 19 degrees C. A day of quality over quantity, with the late afternoon discovery of a Wester...
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk
September 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
A sprinkling of quality with Western Bonelli’s Warbler, Barred Warbler, Grey Phalarope, Curlew Sandpiper and Jay while a Brambling was at RSPB Bempton .
Full details here
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/11...
Full details here
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/11...
Reposted by Dawn Erskine
If you're planning to go the coast this weekend, in Ireland or the UK, please look out for colour-ringed Oystercatchers.
New blog about juveniles tagged in Iceland:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/a...
But where are their colour-ringed parents?
#UKbirding #IrishBirds
New blog about juveniles tagged in Iceland:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/a...
But where are their colour-ringed parents?
#UKbirding #IrishBirds
September 10, 2026 at 10:01 AM
If you're planning to go the coast this weekend, in Ireland or the UK, please look out for colour-ringed Oystercatchers.
New blog about juveniles tagged in Iceland:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/a...
But where are their colour-ringed parents?
#UKbirding #IrishBirds
New blog about juveniles tagged in Iceland:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/a...
But where are their colour-ringed parents?
#UKbirding #IrishBirds
Last minute decision to head to the east coast. Flamborough today, Spurn tomorrow.
Excitement with an Arctic Skua chasing terns. Year tick Red-throated Divers.
A timely Western Bonelli's Warbler was reported just as I was leaving.
Spot Flys & a Barn Owl were a cracking bonus.
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
Excitement with an Arctic Skua chasing terns. Year tick Red-throated Divers.
A timely Western Bonelli's Warbler was reported just as I was leaving.
Spot Flys & a Barn Owl were a cracking bonus.
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
September 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Last minute decision to head to the east coast. Flamborough today, Spurn tomorrow.
Excitement with an Arctic Skua chasing terns. Year tick Red-throated Divers.
A timely Western Bonelli's Warbler was reported just as I was leaving.
Spot Flys & a Barn Owl were a cracking bonus.
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
Excitement with an Arctic Skua chasing terns. Year tick Red-throated Divers.
A timely Western Bonelli's Warbler was reported just as I was leaving.
Spot Flys & a Barn Owl were a cracking bonus.
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶
Immortalised on a toilet door
@lowcarbonkev.bsky.social
@lowcarbonkev.bsky.social
September 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Immortalised on a toilet door
@lowcarbonkev.bsky.social
@lowcarbonkev.bsky.social
Red-backed Shrike near Chesterfield 🪶
#DerbyshireBirds
#DerbyshireBirds
September 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Red-backed Shrike near Chesterfield 🪶
#DerbyshireBirds
#DerbyshireBirds